MBS Direct to serve as HMH distributor to private, parochial and
charter schools

March 24, 2014 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global education leader Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced a new partnership with
trusted education content distributor MBS
Direct. Through this partnership, MBS Direct will distribute
HMH’s best-in-class educational content to private, parochial and
charter school institutions throughout the United States. The
partnership expands access to HMH’s quality education solutions while
enhancing the customer experience and streamlining purchase and
implementation processes.

A veteran partner in learning for teachers, students and families, MBS
Direct will market, sell and distribute HMH’s comprehensive range of
K-12 curriculum, which includes landmark programs such as GO Math! and
Journeys. By combining HMH’s quality educational content and
delivery technology with MBS Direct’sexpertise in
customized services and its MBS Direct Digital e-commerce platform, the
partnership will create a seamless end-to-end customer experience.

“This partnership enables HMH and MBS to increase our focus on
delivering high quality learning solutions to private, parochial and
charter schools,” said Dan Cavalli, SVP, Adjacent Markets at HMH. “MBS
Direct brings to the table deep market knowledge and decades of
experience in all-in-one sales and servicing. Our customers are our top
priority and this partnership creates a winning combination that places
educators and students first.”

HMH is committed to providing all students and learning communities with
innovative educational content that meets their individual needs. Journeys
Common Core: Catholic Identity Edition is a unique Common Core State
Standards-aligned reading program for grades K-6 that is naturally
infused with Catholic values and principles and was built with guidance
from a diocesan work group. HMH also offers the Charter Performance
Program, a modular mix of content, technology, data and professional
development solutions to help charter school to fulfill their goals and
meet challenges with confidence.

“MBS Direct is proud to help schools nationwide achieve educational
excellence,” said Bill Dampier, President and Chief Operating Officer,
MBS Direct. “Like HMH, our commitment to customers is at the core of our
business and we are excited to embark on this collaboration, bringing
HMH’s resources to even more students.”

About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ:HMHC) is a global learning company
with the mission of changing people’s lives by fostering passionate,
curious learners. Among the world’s largest providers of pre-K–12
education solutions and one of its longest-established publishing
houses, HMH combines cutting-edge research, editorial excellence and
technological innovation to improve teaching and learning environments
and solve complex literacy and education challenges. HMH’s interactive,
results-driven education solutions are utilized by 50 million students
in over 150 countries, and its renowned and awarded novels, non-fiction,
children's books and reference works are enjoyed by readers throughout
the world. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com.

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About MBS Direct

For more than 20 years, MBS Direct has been helping schools get
textbooks and course materials to their students all over the world.
More than 950 higher-education institutions and K12 schools rely on MBS
Direct’s distribution technology, service and partnerships to get the
right books to their students before the start of class. The MBS Direct
Digital platform brings learning off the printed page with embedded
resources, note sharing and text-to-speech capabilities. Faculty get
reporting features not possible with traditional textbooks and students
get the flexibility to read books on whatever device and platform they
already have. For more information, visit www.mbsdirect.net.